Tree of Pearls Queen of Egypt 1st Edition by Jurji Zaydan ISBN 081560999X 978-0815609995

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ISBN 10: 081560999X

ISBN 13:  978-0815609995

Author:  Jurji Zaydan

Shajar al-Durr, known as Tree of Pearls, was one of the most famous Arab queens and the only woman in the medieval Arab world to rule in her own name. Her narrative is one element of a much larger story of the unsettled political climate of thirteenth-century Egypt. In this eponymous novel, Zaydan charts the fall of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the rise of the Mamluke Dynasty through the adventures of Tree of Pearls and Rukn al- Din Baybars, a young Mamluke commander who eventually triumphs as the ruler of Egypt. War, political intrigue, murder, and a female ruler who was born a slave combine for an irresistible story, while Zaydan’s keen observations on royal politics and subverted gender roles offer readers a richly detailed glimpse of the cultural milieu of the time. Tree of Pearls, originally published in 1914, is the last in a famous series of historical novels written by Zaydan, an accomplished historian whose books continue to be read widely in the Arab world today. Selim’s fluid translation introduces an English audience to one of the Arab world’s influential writers.

Table of contents: 

1 Translator’s Note
2 The Ayyubid Dynasty: A Historical Summary
3 The Garden Isle
4 Rukn al-Din Baybars
5 An Amorous Interlude
6 ‘Izz al-Din Aybak
7 Good Tidings
8 Sallafa and Sahban
9 The Coronation
10 The Engagement
11 An Important Visitor
12 The Caliph’s Messenger
13 The Caliph’s Decree
14 An Unexpected Demand
15 Rukn al-Din and Tree of Pearls
16 A Secret Conversation
17 Shwaykar
18 Revenge
19 Another Messenger
20 Rukn al-Din and Sallafa
21 The Departure
22 Baghdad
23 The Palaces of Baghdad
24 Mu’ayyid al-Din Ibn al-Alqami
25 Uproar

26 Al-Musta‘sim
27 Ahmad, Son of Al-Musta‘sim
28 Shwaykar
29 The Dervish
30 A New Guest
31 The Message
32 Arrogance
33 The Accusation
34 A Father’s Love
35 Shwaykar in the Women’s Quarters
36 The Subterfuge
37 A Newcomer
38 The Tatars
39 ‘Abid
40 Rukn al-Din and Sahban
41 An Important Message
42 The Meeting
43 At the Palace of the Crown
44 The Truth
45 Tree of Pearls and ‘Izz al-Din
46 The Imam Ahmad’s Palace
47 Discovery
48 Pandemonium
49 Epilogue
50 Tree of Pearls: An Afterword

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